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Buttercream vs Whippy - What's the difference?

buttercream | whippy |

As a noun buttercream

is a type of icing made by creaming a fat such as butter with powdered sugar.

As an adjective whippy is

whiplike; thin and pliant.

buttercream

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cooking) A type of icing made by creaming a fat such as butter with powdered sugar
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 9, Basil Katz, Gaston Lenôtre, Who Built a Culinary Brand, Is Dead at 88, New York Times citation
    • , passage=He was the first one to use gelatin in his buttercreams , and to make such extensive use of the freezer. }}

    See also

    * (wikipedia "buttercream")

    whippy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Whiplike; thin and pliant.
    • The tree's whippy branches grazed his face.